Apparel-corset.



D. KOPS.

APPAREL CORSET.

APPLICATION FILED HOV. 4, 1907.

Patented Sept. 15, 1908.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

D. KOPSL APPAREL CORSET. APPLICATION FILED NOV.4,1907\.

Patented Sept. 15, 1908.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

D. KOPS.

APPAREL CORSET.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 4, 1907,

898,749. Patented Sept. 15, 1908.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3 UNITED srn'rn FAT rricn' DANIEL KOPS, or new YORK, N. Y.

HPAREL-COBSE T Specification of Letters Patent.

- Patented s e. is, iooe.

Application filed November Q, 1907. Serial No. $00,492.

To all whom it may. concern: Be itknownthat I, DANIEnKoPs, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at the borough of Manhattan, in the city, county, and State of New. York, have invented an Improvement in Apparel-Corsets, of which the folthereto. In the device of my present improvement these adjacent parts are two in number,they are co-acting and tapering, they are connected to or prolonged from the fabric body of the corset and hose srtpporter device is connected to their lowermost ree ends for simultaneous pull and tension,

' the one line of tension being directly down front portion of the halves of the corset at the i formvof my invention.

upon the corset and the other at an inclination thereto around over the lower portion of the-corset. 1

i The co-acting,adjacentparts are preferably tapering; they may be located at the sides of the front steels, or they may be located over andback of the hips on the sides, or they maybe located at both places, as the generic structure and function performed are of equal application and effectiveness at either or both places, all of which are hereinafter more particularly described.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is an elevation of the lower front portion of a corset showing a Fig. 2 is an elevation also at,the-lower front portion of the corset showing a" form of my invention which is a slight mo dification ofjthe one shown in Fig. 1,

and which is coupled with the structureshown in rny latent #789,967, of September 5, lQOS andFigF 3 is an elevation of one of thelowerparts ofone of the halves of a corset showing a form-of my invention.

Referring particularly to Fig. 1, a and I) represent the lower front portions of similar halves of a corset adapted to be connected together by front steels of usual construction. At the lower front portion of the corset and at each side of the steels ml provide goreswhose boundary lines are the lines a b and into these gores are inserted and secured by sewing, the flap fronts 0 0 the lower ends I of which are prolonged below the nominal lower edge of the corset and steels, andid d are; tapering straps connected at the downwardly inclined lines I) of said gores b of sewing 2 3. The juxtaposed central edges of the straps (Z (1 come at the center line of the steels ofthe corset and the outlines of.

these straps (Z Z are upwardly inclined to the intersection of the lines of o consequently lines. 0

the straps (Z (1 are not only tapering from their narrower lower ends but their lines of union with the corset bodies a b taper outward and upward. The lower ends of the members 0 and d and also the lower ends of the members 0 and d are connected together by hose supporter loops e e at the sewed lines 4 5, and these loops in turn are connected to hose supporters e e at the sewed lines 6. The tension of use applied to the hose supporters e e is communicated through the hose/supporter loops 6 e to the members d c and the members (i c, consequently the pull upon these members will be directly downward upon the members p c and the upper fabric body of the corset, and the pull upon the members (Z d will not onl be downward but will be at an outward y inclined linepf tension pulling at an inclination to the line of pull of the members 0 c by virtue of the tapering character of said straps d d and the outwardly and upwardly connection of the same to the fabric body of the corset; the latter outwardly inclinedline of tension distributing the strain to the fabric bodies of the corset around toward the side and to the over-hip members, thus pulling around the corset at-an inclination as Well as pulling directly down.

Referring to the form of my invention shown in Fig. 2, and in which the same letters of reference are used as I have employed in Fig. 1, it will be noticed that the form shown therein is almost identicalwith the.

form shown in Fig. 1, except that the parts c c in Fig. 2 come to the center of the corset at the line of juncture of the corset steels,

while the tapering straps (Z (Z have their ver-' tical edges set away from this center line.

The action however, is the same as has been described with reference to'the structure Fig. 1. In Fig, 2 I have illustrated this form of my invention as applied to the structure shown in Letters Patent $798,967, granted the lower ends of the corset steels.

September 5, 1905, that is, in connection With the tapering inclined straps f If connected to the corset body at the gore ines 0, and whiclrinclined straps are forn' ed with 5 sk1rt extensions or prolongations g g to the lowerfree ends of which are connected hose supporters h b the free ends of the inclined straps If f having series of eyelets f for adjustab e connections with posts f 3 secured to It is quite apparent that the action of these tapering inclinedstraps and their skirt extensions is to apply tension around the lower 'por tion of the corset over the hips and to .5 draw down upon such line of tension. This assists the "function ascribed to the tapering straps at d, augmenting the same for a fuller and more complete performance of their functions. This same'generio structure and function is carried out in the further form of my invention shown in Fig. 3, the particular structure of which-is an improvement upon Letters PatentNo. 767,415, granted to me August 16, 1904. In this form of my invention the two adjacent co-acting parts which are connected to or prolonged from the fabric body of the corset come over the hips at the u'ilder-arm sides, and referring to, Fig. 3, i represents a tapering strap occupying a ver- 3o tical position for a direct pull at the side of thecorset over the hips, and 7c is an inclined strap adjacent to the strap t and whose line of union with or connection to the fabric bodyof the corset is at an inclination to the line of ull of the strap. These straps t and k may e separate and sewed to the fabric body of the corset and overlying the lower portion thereof, or they may be rolongations or an upper section of the fafiric body 40 sewed to a lower section of the fabric body at the lines of sewing 7 and 8; Fig. 3 however showing clearly the separate character of saidstrap members. The lower free ends of these-strap'members are preferably con- 4 nected together and to a hose supporter Zby sewing at 9 and tension applied to said hose supporter is transferred in a vertical line to the strap 41 and to the corset at the underarm sides over the hips and to the inclined strap is in a line which is at an acute angle to the vertical line of the strap i, tension upon the strap is pulling from the hips toward the laced back end of the corset.

It will thus be apparent that in the several forms of my-invention there ispresent the same generic structure and that the same function is performed, namely, of pulling directly down upon the corset and at an inclination thereto, thus the tension lines are divided and are not all inone direction,

consequently the amount of the tension aplied to the corset is distributed over the 'abric body of the corset and is consequently borne more evenly upon the figure of the wearer.

I claim as my invention:

1. In an apparel corset and in combination, two adjacent co-acting fabric parts prolonged from the fabricbody of the corset and at least one of which in its entirety is free from its sewed line of union with the fabric body, and hose supporter devices connected thereto and applying tension in use, one of said parts under said tension pulling directly down upon the corset and the other part having, an outwardly inclined line of tension pulling from the side and back and at an inclinationto the other part.

2. In an apparel corset and in combination, two adjacent co-actingfabric parts prolonged from the fabric body of the corset, the sewed lines of union or connection therewith being at an angle to one another'and at least one of which in its entirety is free from its sewed line of union with the fabric body, and hose su porter devices connected thereto and app ying tension in use, one of said parts under said tension pulling directly down upon the corset and the other parthaving an outwardly inclined line of tension pulling from the side and back and at an inclination to the ither part. I

3. In an apparel corset and in combination, two adjacent co-acting fabric parts secured to and prolonged from the fabric body of the corset, and hose supporter devices connected thereto and a plyin tension. in use, one of said parts un er sai tension pulling directly down upon the corset and the other part havin an outwardly inclined line of 100 tension pul ing from the' side and back and at an inclination to the other part 4. In an apparel corset and in combination withtherespective halves of. the corset, two adjacent co-acting tapering parts in .pairs, one pair upon each half of the corset and said co-actin parts connected to the fabric body upon Iines of union that are at an angle to one'anotherwith the adjacent vertically disposed edges of similar members of the pair coming'to the vertical center of the corset steels, and the lines of union of similar tapering parts being at a rising outwardly extending inclination from the abut- 'ting edges of the corset steels.

5 5. In an apparel corset and in combination with the respective halves of the corset, two adjacent co-acting tapering parts in' airs, one pair upon each half 'of the corset an said co-acting parts connected to the fabric body 120 upon lines of union that are at an angle to one another, with the adjacent vertically disposed cdges of similar members of the pair coming to the vertical center of the corset steels, the lines of union of similar tapering parts being at a rising outwardly extending inclination from the abutting edges of the corset steels, and tapering incl ned straps'ff v with skirt extensions or rolongations-g g and hose supporters h h with the free ends of 13;)

, one pair upon each hal said straps f f 1 provided with series of eyelets and osts fastened in the corset steels at jzheir fower ends adapted to engage said eyeets.

6. In an apparel corset and in combination with the respective halves of a corset, gores formed inthe lower front portion of the corset, whose boundary lines are represented at a and b flap fronts 0'0 fitting said gores and connected by sewing to said boundary lines, tapering straps connected at their widest part along an inclined line to the lines I) of the gores only, and hose supporter devices connected to the lower free ends of the flap fronts c c and the tapering straps d d.

7. In an apparel corset and in combination with the respective halves of a corset, gores formed in the lower front portion of the corset, whose boundary lines are represented at a and b flap fronts c 0 fitting said gores and connected by sewing to said boundary lines, tapering straps connected at their widest part along an inclined line to the lines I) of the gores only, hose supporter devices connected to the lower free ends of the flap fronts c c and the tapering straps (Z d and tapering inclined straps f f 1 connected at an edge along their widest art to the lines a of the gores only. and said inclined straps provided with skirt extensions or prolongations g g and hose su porter devices it ill and suitable fas tening devices connecting the free ends of the straps f f with the front portions of the corset.

8. In an apparel corset and in combination with the respective halves of the corset, two adjacent co-acting ta ering parts in airs, of the corset anr said co-acting parts connected to the fabric body upon lines of union that are at an angle to one another, with the adjacent vertically disposed edges of similar members of the pair coming to the vertical center of the corset steels, the lines of union of similar tapering parts being at a rising outwardly extending inclination from the abutting edges of the corset steels, tapering inclined straps f f with skirt extensions or prolongations g 9 hose su porters h k with the free ends of said straps 1 and lower ends of the steels provided with suitable fastening devices.

9. y In an apparel corset and in combination with the respective halves of the corset, two adjacent co-acting tapering parts in airs, one pair upon each half of the corset an said co-acting parts connected to the fabric body upon lines of union that are" at an angle to one another, with the adjacent vertically dis posed edges of similar members of the pair coming to the vertical center of the corset steels, and the lines of union of similar tapering parts being at a rising outwardly extending inclination from the abutting edges of the corset steels, and two adjacent co-acting tapering parts in pairs located over and-back of the hips at the sides and connected to the fabric body upon lines of union that are at an angle to one another, the one part under tension pulling directly down upon the corset and the other part pulling at an inclination thereto around the hips from the lacing edges at the back.

10. In an apparel corset and in combination, two adjacent co-acting parts located over and back of the hips at the sides and connected to or prolonged from the fabric body of the corset upon lines of union that are at an angle to one another and to which parts are connected hose supporter devices, the one part under tension pulling directly down upon the corset and the other part pulling at an inclination thereto around over the hips from the lacing edges at the back.

Signed by me this 28th day of October DANIEL KOPS.

Witnesses A. II. SERRELL, E. ZACHARIASEN. 

